Post * p8vLe — Curious Curator

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TIL that Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on 16 June 1963, where she spent three days orbiting the Earth 48 times, and is the only woman to have completed a solo space mission

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rN6lx TIL during Apollo 11 NASA suspected that the pressure from the exhaust of the LM engine being reflected by the lunar surface might make it explode, and Neil Armstrong was meant to shut it down as soon as the contact light went off, but he forgot.

djy8 TIL the only animal large enough to eat avocados and spread its seed was the ground sloth

jNWyE TIL that baby owls sleep down on their stomach because their heads are too heavy. They do that until they are large enough to sleep upright.

m1PQY TIL that the fastest 100m egg and spoon timing is 16.59 seconds and is held by 2012 Olympic champion Sally Pearson

neov7 TIL Male jewel beetles often prefer to mate with beer bottles instead of female jewel beetles due to the beer bottle's large size and attractive coloring.